A Dangerous Knowing
Sexual Pedagogies and the Master Narrative
Published on 1. November 1999
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-304-33966-2 (ISBN)
Description
The essays in this text challenge conventional thinking about sexuality and pedagogy, with sections on myth-making, identity, globalization and education. A range of perspectives are brought to bear on how we position ourselves and are positioned by "master narratives" of sexuality and gender.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3figs.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
530 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-304-33966-2 (9780304339662)
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11/1999
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Content
Part 1 Sexualities as myth and signification: myths and fictions in modern sexualities; sex play - romantic significations, sexism and silences in the schoolyard; the birds and the bees - narratives of sexuality in television natural history programmes; pedagogic panic or deconstructive dilemma? - gay genes in the popular press. Part 2 Sexualities in globalization and commodification: sex in the world; in(ter)ventions of male sexualities and HIV education - case studies in the Philippines; the internationalization of gay and lesbian identities. Part 3 Sexualities as identities: sexing the globe; discipline and homophobia in South African schools - the limits of legislated transformation; race, sexuality and education - what does it mean to be Aboriginal and gay in education in Australia?; identity and sexuality in crisis - the reassertion of patriarchy; witches, faggots, dykes and poofters - moments of danger and the realms of subjectivity. Part 4 Interventions in sexualities: the "homosexual agenda" goes to school; queer as fuck? - exploring the potential of queer pedagogies in research school experiences of lesbian and gay youth; "no fea" in our school; policies and resistance in a university peer sexuality programme; "multicultural" does not mean "multisexual" - social justice and the interweaving of ethnicity and sexuality.